Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-12
THE JUVENILE TEMPLE.
A MOve In The Right Direction
 Work Among The Young.

Move In The Night Direction
 Work Among The Young.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Societies for the reformation of the drunk ard and the creation of public sentiment against the evils of intemperance everywhere abound; many and varied are their modes of operation, each have their own degree of usefulness, and we would not speak dispara- gingly of any of them.
 To our mind, however, the hope of our na- tion centers in the boys and girls of to-day; and the organization which seeks to advance the temperance cause through them is doing a grand work in the right direction, and is worthy of the encouragement and support of every person interested in moral reform. The Juvenile Templars is the largest, best and most practical juvenile temperance or ganization in the world to day having 8 membership of over 143, 900 growing up free from the use of tobacco, profanity and in toxicating drink. Branches are in every State and territory. Connecticut has twenty-five of these temples. Work in this direction must tell. These boys and girls will not have to be reformed by the various temper ance societies. They will not come with shattered nerves and ruined constitution to sign the pledge. The formation of correct habits when young does away with the ne- cessity of reformatory pledges in after years. So we say look after the boys and girls; for nation is better than reformation; preven- tion is worth more than cure. If temper ance people would come outside the circle of their own societies and interest themselves in the young. would they not accomplish more in the end and deal more sure and deadly blow against the saloon? West Haven Notes.
 zc 1o,- 1,asr ire up, and they don't porpose to let it down till some things are different from now. The railroad commissioners told 8 committee of the people of West Haven, when the old turn pike road had to be, according to law, placed either over or under the Consolidated rail- road track, that the running of the road un- derneath the track by cutting into the rocks would cost s5, oO0 The law requires that half of the cost be paid by the town and borough, the other half by the railroad con- pany. The work is not yet done, yet the cost has already reached the sum of about $1O,OOO This is double the estimated cost, and the residents of the borough say they won't pay their part. The Orange people claim that the railroad commissioners de- ceived them. The people are also worked up to feverish degree because Elm street has been fenced in at the railroad, and wonder why the commissioners didn't know better than to do it. They say Elm street, fine thoroughfare, is likely to be built up beyond the railroad in their direction and that no such loss would be the result if the other road, which was little used, had been closed and Elm street kept open. The borough people also object to paying $500 for the raising of the railroad bridge at First avenue. When the Consolidated road did it's ballast ing the space between the bridge and car riage road underneath was decreased. A bill was presented to the borough for putting it back to it's old height. The people say it was no concern of theirs and they don't pro- pose to pay for something that does not ben eft them in the least, but rather the Consoi- dated road.